Bond film ranking tournament. Final results

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  • Max_The_ParrotMax_The_Parrot ATAC to St Cyril’s
    Posts: 2,426
    By a feather’s breadth TLD and with considerable ease YOLT please
  • Posts: 4,044
    OHMSS
    YOLT
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,183
    I'm a Daltonite. What options do I have?

    TLD

    LTK
  • Posts: 928
    OHMSS and YOLT (by a hair)
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,134
    TLD
    LTK
  • Agent_OneAgent_One Ireland
    Posts: 280
    OHMSS (not difficult, but I still really like TLD)

    LTK (Connery's performance brings down YOLT, even if it's a decent film divorced from the far superior source material. LTK is a great adaption of the unused elements of Fleming's LALD and TMWTGG).
  • Posts: 7,430
    Ah man, this a horrible first choice!!
    Am gonna go with Dalton though
    TLD
    and
    LTK
  • goldenswissroyalegoldenswissroyale Switzerland
    Posts: 4,483
    OHMSS
    LTK
  • Posts: 698
    OHMSS
    LTK
  • infoviseinfovise Ireland
    Posts: 114
    OHMSS over TLD

    LTK over YOLT
  • Posts: 7,653
    OHMSS and YOLT
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
    Posts: 4,589
    This is a strong case of which ones would I take on a desert island.

    TLD over OHMSS barely
    YOLT over LTK easily but LTK is starting to grow on me.
  • PrinceKamalKhanPrinceKamalKhan Monsoon Palace, Udaipur
    Posts: 3,262
    TLD

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    For reasons I articulate in this discussion thread I started back in 2011

    https://www.mi6community.com/discussion/1982/ohmss-vs-tld/p1

    and

    YOLT

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    Dalton and Davi are great but John Barry, the most exotic locations in the series and the fantastic ninja final battle seal the deal for me.
  • BMW_with_missilesBMW_with_missiles All the usual refinements.
    Posts: 3,000
    TLD over OHMSS

    LTK over YOLT
  • peterpeter Toronto
    Posts: 9,509
    OHMSS
    YOLT

    But Dalton films are very worthy....
  • Posts: 230
    OHMSS
    LTK
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 14,582
    TLD over Maj' by a cello string width, for the cold war setting and most excellent sniper scene. Prefer the PTS too.

    LTK over YOLT by a Dracula hair, purely for better pacing.
  • Posts: 3,336
    OHMSS
    LTK
  • Posts: 1,398
    TLD and LTK this time out.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,138
    Damn you @Thunderfinger Majesty's and Daylights on any given day they could swap places. In fact, they're 4th and 5th in my ranking. Which is why I had to go and check out, which way round they are.

    OHMSS over TLD

    The other pairing was much easier.

    YOLT over LTK

    Even so, I still consider myself a big fan of the Dalton duo. Fantastic Bond.
    Right, I'm going to drown my sorrows now. :((
  • Junglist_1985Junglist_1985 Los Angeles
    Posts: 1,033
    TLD (but both are top tier!)
    LTK
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Late 60s over late 80s for me.
  • OHMSS, by a hair's breadth.
    LTK, without a doubt.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
    Posts: 9,041
    Two surprisingly difficult and close decisions. In my list of rankings, both of the first pair are rated 8/10, the other two 7/10.

    Still, I'll vote for the two from the Sixties.
  • Posts: 385
    TLD

    YOLT
  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia
    Posts: 3,369
    Giving me the Timmy D double feature
    TLD and LTK
  • OctopussyOctopussy Piz Gloria, Schilthorn, Switzerland.
    Posts: 1,081
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service over The Living Daylights. However, I will say that TLD is the best Bond film since OHMSS, IMO. Dalton's performace, a Fleming-inspired narrative, Bond and Kara's relationship is the most authentic and believable since Bond and Tracy and Barry's incredible soundtrack make it so.

    Licence To Kill over You Only Live Twice. Not even close.
  • Posts: 1,009
    OHMSS and LTK
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
    Posts: 2,847
    OHMSS. I love TLD (and Maryam d'Abo 😊), but OHMSS is in the rarefied air of top-tier of Bond films. Plus, the Diana Rigg thingy……..
    YOLT. LTK has grown on me over the years, but for pure spectacle that doesn’t slip into becoming silly (I’m looking at you MR!) I find it impossible to top YOLT.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    With 25 films, the number of matches should be 300, 150 rounds with two matches each. I figured the reason we have an odd number left was because I messed up earlier, and posted the same matches twice. But then it dawned on me that it was only two matches, exactly one round s worth.

    As we are approaching the end, I had already decided to go over the entire thread once more and doublecheck that all scores are correct (after all this time it would be a shame if something is askew), and so I found the problem. Yet another match had been posted twice, namely DAF vs CR. (Same result second time around, not surprisingly) Scores are amended and I can guarantee that all is well.
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